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WINDING MACHINE Filed Oct-:15 19:50 a Sheets-Sheet s dward JAZa A 5%W Patented Mar. 19, 1935 I UNITED STATES} PATENT OFFICE WINDING MACHINE Edward J. Abbott, Wilton, N. H., assignor to Abbott Machine Company, -Wilton, N. H., a corporation of New Hampshire Application October 15, 1930, Serial No. 488,889

6 Claims. (01. 242-355) This invention relates to textile machines and et wheels 36, 36 for causing the carrier to is particularly applicable to machines having cirtravel in the path defined by the guideway. Suitculatory carriers for winding yarn masses, and able driving connections for rotating sprocket mechanism for winding yarn on the masses durwheel 36 may be those of my application, Serial ing circulatory motion of the carriers to form' No. 476,776 as illustrated and described in my 5 traverse-wound headless self-sustaining package Patent No. 1,911,047, a division of the present or cheeses, such for example asdisclosed in my application. Patent No. 1,609,639, the patent of E. J. and A suitable carrier for the yarn may include W. G. Abbott, No. 1,700,425, and my copending an upright plate 60 (Figs. 2 and 3) adapted to 10 application, Serial No. 476,776, entitled Method bridge the distance between the rails of the 10 and machine for preparing yarn packages, filed guideway and may be provided with suitable anti- August 21, 1930. friction rolls including rolls 97 adapted to Objects of the present invention are to provide roll on upper rail 4. The upper end of improved mechanism adapted to drive the travelthe plate 60 may bear an upper head portion ing yarn masses during a portion only of their 65 to which are attached vertical plates 66 and 15 circulating path, and to control the stopping and 67. Plate 66 preferably extends upward as instarting of rotation of the yarn masses in' such dicated at 68 and is provided at its upper end a way as to prevent undesirable variation in the with a suitable bearing adapted to receive the shape or construction of the winding yarn masses bifurcated end of a package-carrying arm 71 (particularly the typical cross-wound construcpivotally mounted thereon, to swing transversely 20 tion just described) or unnecessary breakage of to the direction of movement of the carrier. The the yarn strand leading thereto, and further to winding package 0 is adapted to be formed upon provide devices particularly adapted to cause the a tube or cone 72 rotatably carried by a spindle quick stoppage of the winding mass'and devices 72 which is suitably clamped in tlir' .lltel or free particularly adapted to cause the controlled inend of the arm 71. 25 itiation of winding without causing breakage of The lower portion of the plate 60 of the carthe yarn strand. rier '10 is preferably provided with a spindle Other objects of the invention, advantages and adapted to carry a supply package or unwinding structural improvements will appear from a 0011-. mass of yarn. From such supply package or sideration of this specification wherein a ma mass, the strand of yarn Y is shown as conducted 30 chine embodying the present invention is exupward between suitable guide wires 396 and 397, plained by way of example. between tension disks 380 and 381, and between In the drawings: the opposed blades 400 and 401 of a slub catcher Fig. 1 is a plan view of a traveling spindle to the winding package, these devices being conwinding machine with its traveling units omitveniently mounted on acover plate 110 of the 35 ted, showing the present invention applied therecarrier. to; Means is provided for rotating the winding Fig. 2 is a fragmentary left side elevation of package of yarn as the carrier progresses along a portion of the machine of Fig. 1 and of one the guideway, and by way of example such means of the traveling winding units thereof, showing is shown as comprising a pair of rotary drive 40 the present invention applied thereto; and rolls 50, 51, mounted in bearing housings of which Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on two are indicated at 52 (Fig. 1), the rolls being line 3-3 of Fig. 1. disposed above the straight portions of the rail Fig. 1 illustrates the machine in its preferred 4 in position to contact with and rotate the windform, which in the general arrangement of its ing package C when the arm 71 is swung in a 45 parts and in general function may resemble the counterclockwise direction in Fig. 3. Suitable machines disclosed in the above mentioned patdriving connections for these rolls may comprise ents and applications. Thus in common with the connections described and illustrated in my these machines the present machine includes a divisional Patent No. 1,911,047.

guideway constituted of upper and lower rails The illustrated embodiment of the invention is 50 mounted on upright frame elements, the upper particularly adapted for the winding of headless, rails 4 being shown in the drawings, a plurality self-sustaining Fiji packages or cheeses consistof carriers 10 for the yarn being operated on, ing of layers of reversed spiral windings, with (one only of these carriers being shown in Figs. the cusps formed by the reversals of the spirals 2 and 3), and a drive chain 30 running on sprockdefining the end faces of the package. This man- 55 her of winding necessitates a rapidly moving traverse device adapted to engage the yarn strand Y as it approaches the winding mass. Such a de vice is shown herein as a traverse cam 70 (Fig.2) rotatably mounted between the plates 66 and 67 of the carrier and spirally grooved to reciprocate a cam follower 101, which is slidably mounted on a horizontal rod 100 (Fig. 3), and which carrios an upward extending grooved eye 106 engageable with the yarn strand. Suitable driving connections for the traverse cam may include tires 71 thereon which engage and are turned by drive rolls 50 and 51 successively, as the carrier moves around the guideway.

In the travel of the carriers around the guideway it is desirable to stop the driving of the winding yarn mass and traversing of the yarn so as to permit the performance of replenishment operations with respect to the yarn masses on the carriers, either manually, or automatically as in the machine of Patent No. 1,700,425. Preferably the stoppage of driving for these purposes is controlled by means responsive to the attainment by the carrier of a predetermined point on the guideway, or responsive to the completion by the carrier of a predetermined course of travel. Means for causing such cessation of driving and traversing may comprise a dog 362 carried in an enlarged head 360 of a horizontal shaft 303 on the carrier and adapted to strike in passing, and to be rotated by, a pin 307 extending from the guideway, thus to turn shaft 303 and a crank 302 to raise a lifter rod 301and swing the package carrying arm 71 and package C clockwise (as viewed in Fig. 3) through the full-line position of Fig. 3 into the outermost broken line position of that figure.

As explained in my copending application Serial No. 476,776, the dog 362, lifter rod 301 and their connections may serve also to shift the position of the yarn package upon the occurrence of improper conditions in the winding strand Y. Such improper conditions may comprise for example the appearance in the traveling strand of slubs or imperfections which it is desired to remove, or the cessation of proper travel of the yarn such as evidenced by excessive or insufllcient tension in the strand, breakage of the yarn, or exhaustion of the supply yarn. As exemplifying one type of detector particularly suited to detect breakage or exhaustion, the present machine may be equipped with a. pivotally mounted wire bail 310 normally held depressed by the yarn strand Y, and in such position acting through a link 314 to hold dog 362 in an inclined position. The guide rail 4 of the machine is preferably provided with a number of short pins 318, which are normally cleared by dog 362, one such pin 318 being indicated in Fig. 2. Upon the occurrence of exhaustion or breakage of the yarn, the yamcontacting portion of the detector wire 310 rises, thus permitting dog 362 to drop into a vertical plane. In such position the dog strikes in passing, and is rotated by the next adjacent pin 318, thus actuating the above described connections to cause cessation of driving the package and traversing of the yarn.

Considering now more particularly a carrier reaching the pin 307 disposed near the end of a straight portion of the guideway, (Figs. 1, 2 and 3), the pin 307, dog 362, shaft 303, crank 302 and lifter rod act to swing the package carrying arm and package C clockwise toward the inactive position of Fig. 3; accordingly traversing of the strand ceases. Were the yarn package C to be allowed to rotate after driving stops, (as would normally happen) a strand, no longer traversing, would windabout a single section of I the length of the package, thus producing an enlargement or bung which would destroy the regularity of subsequent layers and impair the compactness and self-sustaining qualities of the package. To prevent this, I provide a package brake adapted rapidly to stop the rotation of the winding yarn package, preferably operable on the package as a consequence of, and during, the shiftingv of the package incident to stopping of driving of the package and traversing of the yarn.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, wherein the package brakeis shown in its preferred arrangement as disposed to act on the yarn packages of successive carriers as the carriers are about to leave the end of drive roll 51 in approaching the operators end of the machine, the brake 80 is shown as formed of a sheet metal plate yieldingly mounted to intersect the path traveled by various sized. packages as the packages are swung to their inactive positions. As shown in Fig. 2, the brake .80 is preferably pivotally mounted upon a generally horizontal rod 81 extending generally parallel to the path of the yarn packages, this rod 81 being herein shown as supported by a bracket 82' fastened to the upper rail 4 of the guideway. Preferably the brake 80 is yieldingly held in its lowermost position of Fig. 3 by gravity, the brake having a weight 84 mounted thereon, and is prevented from falling below this position by the provision of a limiting stop constituted of a lug 80 movable with the brake element and adapted to strike a pin 80 fast with the rod 81.

As the carrier reaches pin 307 (Fig. 3) on the guideway, the dog 362-is temporarily retained by the pin and thus causes shaft 303 and crank 302 to swing, lifting the rod 301 and swinging the package-holding arm 71. As the winding package rises from the drive roll 51, the periphery of the package C is rubbed against the weighted brake 80 which quickly stops rotation of the package. 'I'hus'in the illustrated machine but little untraversed yarn is wound on the package after the yarn is disengaged from the traverse eye 106.

In order to permit the brake 80 to be adjusted vertically, or to be adjusted angularly so as better to accommodate conical yarn packages when these are wound, the rod 81 on which the brake is mounted is preferably connected to the bracket 82 by means of an adjustable arm 85 secured thereto by a bolt 86, passing through a slot 87 in the bracket 82. The brake is preferably provided with an inclined extension 88 at itsleading edge as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 adapted to engage the end of the cylindrical periphery of a very'large package which may happen to pass the brake in an elevated or inactive position, so that the brake is lifted by camming action of such a package, instead of being struck at a thin edge of the sheet material. Preferably the free outer edge of the brake 80 is turned up as indicated at 89, to permit the braked package to slide smoothly from under the brake.

By virtue of the pivotal mounting of the brake this device is adapted to operate on packages of various sizes encountered as successive carriers pass with their packages in varying states of completion.

After its rotation has been stopped by the brake 80, the package may then pass a suitable gage 250 which marks it with chalk'or the like if the package has attained full size; then the winding unit may pass a pair of air nozzles 220, 221 which are directed respectively at the traverse eye 106 and associated parts, and'at the guide wires 396, 397, the tension disks 380, 381 and the slub-catching blades 400, 401. After the unit has passed the semi-circular end portion of the guideway, it may pass a lubricator tube 231 carrying a lubricator brush 230 which oils the traverse guide rod 100 and associated parts. Thereupon the winding package may be lowered onto the drive roll 50 and started winding by the mechanism described and claimed in my divisional Patent No. 1,911,047. The aircleaning means and the lubricating means form the subject matter of my continuing applications Serial Nos.

' 577,057 and 577,055, both filed November 24,

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A textile machine including a carrier for a winding package of yarn, means for moving the carrier in a predetermined path with relation to the machine, means for rotating the package to wind yarn thereon during such motion, a brake adapted to stop rotation of the package, mechanism on the carrier for causing-the package to be acted on by the brake, and means, operated by the relative movement of the carrier with relation to the machine, for actuating said mechanism.

2. A textile machine including a carrier for a winding package of yarn, means for moving the carrier in a predetermined path with relation to the machine, means for rotating the package to wind yarn thereon during such motion, and means for braking the rotation of the package, said braking means including a brake element stationed adjacent to said path and packageshifting means for moving the package into contact with said brake element, said packageshifting means including an element on the carrier adapted to be moved relative to the carrier by forward movement of the carrier and a connection from said element to the package.

3. A textile machine comprising means for causing a'plurality of rotating strand packages to travel in a procession during rotation thereof, and means for rotating said packages during such travel, in combination with a brake element located adjacent to the path of travel of said packages, and means for shifting the traveling packages successively toward said brake element to cause the traveling packages successively to be braked by said element.

4. A textile machine comprising means for rotating aplurality of strand packages, and means for causing said packages to travel in a path during such rotation, and a. brake element located adjacent to said path and adapted to act on successive packages to stop their rotation, said brake element having a motion transverse to said path whereby to accommodate successive packages of various diameters.

5. A textile machine comprising means for causing a plurality of rotating strand packages to travel in a procession during rotation thereof, and means for rotating said packages during such travel, in combination with a brake element located adjacent to the path of travel of said packages, and means for causing said brake to be applied to the traveling packages successively including means whereby the brake element can move away from the axes of the packages to rest on the peripheries of different sized packages successively presented thereto.

6. A textile niachine comprising means for causing a plurality of rotating strand packages to travel in a procession during rotation thereof, means for rotating saidpackages during such travel, and a brake adapted to be engaged by the packages successively passing said brake, said brake including a cam surface disposed to engage a package too large otherwise to pass said brake, and a mounting for the brake permitting it to be moved by contact of the package with said cam surface so as to permit passage of the package.

EDWARD J. ABBOTT. 

